FOC Cross Hanging

Freedom Of Creation, Dutch company for innovative design editions
realized through advanced 3D printing technologies pioneered by FOC
itself, starts the New Year and its second decade since its foundation
with a prestigious collaboration. Polyhedral star designer Karim
Rashid has conceived the amazing “Cross” lamp for Freedom Of Creation
(FOC), launched on the occasion of IMM furniture fair¬. Karim Rashid
is one of the most prolific designers of his generation.

“I thought to make a hyper-collage of my icons as a lit object, in
changing scale and mass to create diverse shadows and light
filtration, to really make one overriding blobular 3-d cross form,
which his my symbol for Globalove,” says Karim Rashid regarding his
astonishing “Cross” table, floor and suspension lamp designed for FOC.
The 3D Cross is composed of an infinite number of small icons alluding
to Karim’s most famous and iconic forms.

About Karim Rashid – www.karimrashid.comKarim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation.
Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over
35 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design. His award winning
designs include democratic objects such as the ubiquitous Garbo waste
can and Oh Chair for Umbra, interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant,
Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel, Athens. Karim collaborated with
clients to create democratic design for Method and Dirt Devil,
furniture for Artemide and Magis, brand identity for Citibank and
Hyundai, high tech products for LaCie and Samsung, and luxury goods
for Veuve Clicquot and Swarovski, to name a few. Karim’s work is
featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries
world wide. Karim is a perennial winner of the Red Dot award, Chicago
Athenaeum Good Design award, I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, IDSA
Industrial Design Excellence Award.